Novels like My Nanjing Years
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as My Nanjing Years, best match first.
- 1 My Girl from Zhaoqing 我的肇庆姑娘 [Childhood Sweethearts]+ [Older Sister]+ [Girlfriend Appears Out of Nowhere] Most people think Shanghai is an oppressive city because they walk along the Bund or down Nanjing West Road, crowded with foreigners, and see all the glittering bustle around them, yet feel they have no part in it. This is the story of a drifting man who escapes Shanghai and eventually finds his happy ending. 498Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 My 27-Year-Old Landlady 我的27岁女租客 Jiang Xun, a documentary filmmaker, lost everything overnight: His girlfriend married someone else, his brother ran off, his grandfather passed away, and he was left with a debt of over a million yuan. His only remaining asset was an old Western-style house in Hangzhou inherited from his grandfather, but it came with a tenant who refused to leave. Chu Ran was 27, proud, stubborn, and exceptionally skilled at her work. She was a rich heiress, but refused to take over the family business, choosin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I Want to Be a Bad Man 我想做个坏男人 A playboy bar owner suddenly runs into a beautiful female CEO who takes over his bar without a word. An ex-girlfriend he hasn't seen in three years reappears and hands him a wedding invitation. Then a sweet, innocent student meets me, and we instantly feel like we've known each other forever, sharing a passionate night. See how I navigate these tangled romances with ease, work hard to achieve something extraordinary, and let the fragrance of youth fill my years. 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 After Sleeping with the Wrong Person, the Assassin Fell for Me 睡错人后，杀手小姐爱上我 [Urban slice of life] [Female tenant] [Multiple one-on-one romances] [Love triangle drama] [First-person narration] [Not formulaic] I swear I didn't mean to sleep with her. I had no idea what was going on. Ye Qin disappeared without a trace. The person I love most killed the person I once loved most. My old house was taken over, and a woman named Tang Yuan barged into my life. From then on, nothing was ever the same. Did I really do it that night? Who is the person I love? And who loves me most? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 My Playful Girl Next Door 我的俏皮女邻居 [Female celebrity]+ [One female lead]+ [First love]+ [Beautiful neighbor]+ [A realistic story] Shanghai: a city I once considered taboo. After breaking up with my rich heiress girlfriend, I began to fall apart. By chance, I met a beautiful neighbor. I sang, she called the police, and later she healed the wounds in my heart. I call her my goddess. She calls me an idiot. I'm not an idiot. I just want to give her the whole world. My ex-girlfriend who returned from overseas, a female CEO of a listed 22Reads—Score114d adds
- 6 After I Stood Up for Someone, the Girl Next Door Wanted Me to Confess 见义勇为后，路人女主想让我告白 [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Lighthearted everyday life] + [No angst or tragedy] + [Tenants] + [Cute fangirl] I stepped in to help someone in trouble, only for a beautiful woman to extort me. Just when I finally got rid of her, a new tenant moved into my rental apartment. She turned out to be a cold and beautiful woman who immediately wanted to lay down three rules for living together. When I tried to demand an explanation, I nearly got kicked out! She thinks she can make me bow down just by fl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 My Heiress 我的豪门大小姐 A satisfying urban romance: My down-and-out girlfriend turns out to be a wealthy heiress, and several young ladies fall madly in love with me. I always get even with my enemies, with no filler or tired clichés. This is a new author's work, so please bear with me. Thank you. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 I'm the Unluckiest Rich Second-Generation Heir in History 我是史上最惨富二代 A feel-good power fantasy! A feel-good power fantasy! A truly satisfying one! Maybe…, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Love, Almost There 爱，似有非有 "In 1995, at the station in the airport," a familiar melody began to play softly. Through the window, I caught sight of her at the bus stop. My heart clenched, as if it had suddenly skipped a beat. She was as cool and ethereal as a moonlit fairy. It wasn't until she boarded and quietly sat beside me that I came back to my senses. Ten Years, Your Backpack, Under the Fuji Mountain: Love Is Destined —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Springtime for the Debtor 负债人的春天 In this day and age, most single men find themselves in the awkward position of “chatting freely with married women, watching what you say to older single women, and being too afraid to talk to the girl you like!”... After suffering a double blow to my love life and career and saddling myself with enormous debts, I made a spur-of-the-moment decision to cycle to and from work. Like a stone tossed into still water, it set the gears of fate turning quietly. When everything had settled and sunlight 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 A Cloud Passing Through My Heart 路过心上的云 His camera captures the world's most breathtaking sights, yet he can never hold on to a single “cloud that passes through his heart.” Every work by travel blogger Jiang Chen is a classic, but observant fans have noticed that the end credits always thank a different woman. Who are they? When a smash-hit show invited him to share “the most moving story,” he unveiled nine never-before-seen photographs for the first time: A guesthouse by Erhai Lake, an off-road adventure on the plateau, a tea table —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Person I Rescued in the No-Man's-Land Turned Out to Be a Cool, Aloof CEO 无人区救下的人，竟是清冷女总裁 [Detailed everyday life] + [female CEO] + [heiress] + [first love] (A slow-burn story focused on everyone's growth, with even the supporting characters given distinct personalities) With 500,000 yuan in debt, a father who gambles, and a mother in the hospital, I fled to a remote wilderness area, where I unexpectedly rescued a cool, aloof woman driving a luxury car worth over a million yuan. After returning to the city, I started paying off my debts by setting up a street stall. I turned my lif 12.5kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 13 My Girl in the Woods 我的林中姑娘 [Based on real life] + [Urban] + [Detailed] + [Romance] + [Entrepreneurship] + [Tanks] + [Not a power fantasy] Cold winds blow through the valley of despair, while a beautiful woman helps you find your way back! A 26-year-old man strikes out in love and hits a wall when he tries to start a business? No problem, a rich heiress will get drunk with him at a bar! A piano teacher will help him cultivate his artistic sensibilities! A master's graduate who studied abroad will teach him how to start a b 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 My Twenty-Six-Year-Old Landlady: The Sunflower Garden 我的二十六岁女房客之向日葵花园 In a garden filled with sunflowers, Le Yao asked curiously, “Zhaoyang, why can sunflowers never be without the sun?” “Because they want to live, I guess!” “So they have to face the sun their whole lives?” “I suppose so.” “Pathetic,” Le Yao remarked. It was hard to tell whether she was talking about the sunflowers or herself. 40Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 15 The Tenant: I’ll Tell the Story 房客：故事由我来书写 The timeline follows the author's version, not the original work's timeline, so it won't disrupt your reading. Most of the plot in this book is original, so please bear with me. I woke up one morning and was surprised to find myself in an unfamiliar place. When I saw that remarkable, unmistakable name, I knew in an instant: I had somehow ended up in the world of The Tenants. Since I'm here, I'll decide how the story ends. There may be some problems with the timeline, so don't worry about them. J 173Reads—Score514d adds
- 16 My 26-Year-Old Landlady: Dancing Again, Mochou 我的26岁女房客之再舞莫愁 My name is Mi Cai, and this is my story. In the first half of my life, I stood atop the high tower my father had built, wearing the dazzling yet heavy crown he left me as he lay dying. In the storms of life, that crown eventually lost its shine, swept away by one unseen chill wind after another. I could not forgive myself, and that turned into an almost pathological obsession in my heart. In the years that followed, I entered a broken city filled with stories. Many people had once stopped her 318Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 17 My Post-2000s Girlfriend 我的零零后女友 After a breakup, I spent two years going downhill. One crazy night after drinking, a beautiful woman got pregnant with my child, and from then on, she wouldn't leave me alone! Out for a stroll, I happened to save a beautiful female CEO. I never expected her to be my neighbor, and that's how our tangled love-hate story began! 119Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 I Took a Part-Time Designated Driver Job and Met a Stunning Beauty 兼职跑代驾遇到极品美女 I work part-time as a designated driver at a nightclub. I never expected my very first customer to be my hot female boss, and in the end, she even…? 371Reads—Score3514d adds
- 19 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Crown Prince of Beijing's Elite 穿书后，我成了京圈太子爷 [Transmigrate into a book + satisfying angst + redemption + no System + scheming Crown Prince VS the one who got away] [Teen genius VS famous actress] After an accident, I transmigrated into a book and became the Crown Prince of the capital's elite circle. Drinking his sorrows away at a bar, the top-tier star gets caught up in a scandal. Paparazzi snap photos. A fake romance turns real, and they sign a marriage agreement. … A wealthy heiress studying abroad returns home to start a business aft 130Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 My 26th Boyfriend 我的第26个男朋友 [No CP + Female-Oriented Power Fantasy + Harem Rivalry + Everyone's Favorite] In this bustling city, I'm an independent, take-charge heroine. I won't let romance tie me down; I only pursue my own happiness and satisfaction. My life is full of temptation and wild indulgence, enough to make anyone's heart race, but I always stay clearheaded and rational. I know that's the only way to survive in this challenging world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Second Book by Youxing Sui 酉星碎的第2本书 Beyond human nature lies a world of fleeting change. After reaching the lowest point of his life, Zhaoyang falls into a deep coma. In a dream that feels utterly real, he is reborn at twenty-six with all his memories, at the pivotal moment when his fate becomes intertwined with Jian Wei, Le Yao, Mi Cai, and Li Xiaoyun. He vows to make up for every regret, protect every woman he has loved and every woman who has loved him, and create a perfect utopia free of pain. But as the dream deepens, he grad 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Those Years in Suzhou, When I Met Le Yao 在苏州的那些年，我遇见了乐瑶 The story takes place after Le Yao and Zhaoyang make a promise to part ways for good, but Le Yao chooses not to go to the mountain village. Everyday romance + pure love + entrepreneurship + mutual salvation It all begins in early spring. Back then, at that moment, who fell in love with whom? No matter who they were, they gave it their all. No matter who they were, they pressed on with unshakable resolve. No matter who they were, they wholeheartedly, purely, and honestly wanted to join together i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 My Girlfriend Cheated on Her Birthday, So I Left for Dali 女友生日夜出轨，我转身去了大理 [Urban Slice of Life] [Half Sweet, Half Heartbreaking] Someone gets proposed to in Dali, while someone else breaks up in Chongqing. Someone walks toward happiness in a wedding dress, while someone else finally sees the truth about the person beside them on the busiest day of their life. Some fall in love in the wind. Others say goodbye beneath the lights. From Dali to Chongqing, from a camera to a photography studio, from being looked down on to slowly turning things around. This time, I won't r 729Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 When the Dusty Underdog Rises, She Happens to Look Back 尘埃逆袭时，她恰好回头 The city's most beautiful teacher, a lively beauty from a university campus, an elite graduate of a prestigious school, and a used-car dealership employee: a modern romance featuring one male lead and multiple female leads! Don't worry if things are tough from the start. Hang in there, and a vast fortune will be waiting for you! 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Forget the Flowers I Planted 忘掉种过的花 Based on the author's real experiences, this story mainly follows the people and events Zhao Yi encountered while pursuing his master's degree. His research career is full of twists and turns, and his romantic life is just as complicated and unpredictable. Whenever he finds himself in hardship, someone always appears to offer him warmth. Though he has seen the world, the girl who smelled of gardenias and the older sister who always put him first have never left his thoughts. One is a flower, the 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 From the Start, After the Breakup: I Brought a Strange Woman Home 开局分手：带陌生女人回家 [In the style of My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant] [No System] [Realistic Fiction] [Tragic Ending] [First Person] After reading My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant, I decided to finish the novel I'd been planning for a long time. I'm a new author, and I hope you enjoy it… Title: Where Time Flows Softly, A Dream of Mortal Life —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The BMW Girl Who Falsely Accused Me of Hitting Her 被我碰瓷的宝马女孩 After getting dumped at graduation, I fell for a girl with a BMW On the day I graduated from college, I bought a ring and planned to propose to my girlfriend. Instead, she dumped me in front of everyone, turning my proposal into a breakup... After a night of drinking, I was walking down the street when a red BMW X6 came straight toward me. I couldn’t dodge in time and fell to the ground... A beautiful woman got out of the car… She asked where it hurt. Clutching my chest, I said, “My heart h 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Love That Cuts to the Bone: The CEO’s Substitute Bride 蚀骨危爱：总裁的替身新娘 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Love Too Deep to Cross, Hatred and Passion Become a Prison 情深不渡，爱恨成囚 When love runs too deep yet has no way forward, a person cannot be redeemed. And when love and hate become intertwined, they make people prisoners of their emotions, unable to find freedom in body or mind. Every story deserves to be told well. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Pick a Day to Try Love 择日试爱 Zhuo Yuanqiao, owner of the biggest club in Lingcheng. Overnight, he became the city’s top trending topic: the Mingqi chairwoman’s “mysterious lover.” From falling off his pedestal to making a comeback. A glamorous, aloof chairwoman, a pure-hearted heiress, and a host of beautiful women... Caught in the whirlpool of love and life, where will he go from here...? 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 My 26-Year-Old Landlady from Singapore 我的26岁新加坡女房东 (Working and starting a business overseas, period setting, romance, schemes, realism, drama, business warfare) The protagonist works in Lion City. The good news is that his landlady is a beautiful Chinese-British woman, but one piece of bad news follows another... In the middle of the night, he overhears strange noises coming from his landlady's room next door... While fleeing, he is rescued by a nurse who shares his rental... In a foreign country, everything is unknown... Also known as Kicked O 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 My Years Like Flowing Water 我的逝水年华 [Feel-Good Urban Slice of Life] + [Big Star] + [Surrounded by Beautiful Women] + [Happy Ending] Finding a drunk beauty completely turned my life upside down. A few days later, I took her home again after running into her at a bar. This time, she threatened to make me marry her Good grief. Fine, let’s get married. I’m a man, what do I have to lose? Besides, she’s gorgeous and rich. Am I about to reach the peak of my life? 912Reads8.4Score10214d adds
- 33 Regrets of the Past 致往昔的遗憾 Regret is an emotion unlike joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness, and it varies from person to person. As the years drift by, whenever I look back, a faint melancholy always lingers in my heart. This is my recollection of the things I once regretted and the new friends I remember fondly. This is a Roommate female-lead fanfic!!! 238Reads—Score1214d adds
- 34 My Heart Was a Barren Hill, Until You Made It Bloom 心有荒丘，遇见你才温柔 Li Muyang, the youngest head of the emergency department, was abandoned by his mother at the age of eight with the words, “Mom’s going to buy some oranges.” From then on, he locked away his heart and shut out love, becoming the coldest lone wolf in the entire hospital. Then Chen Xi, a gentle piano teacher, appeared like a ray of light, breaking into his desolate world. When he hit rock bottom, she came with a bag of oranges and softly said, “Only those with bitterness in their hearts long for s 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Through the Roaring Crowd 穿过人声鼎沸 After breaking up with the girlfriend he’d been entangled with for six years, he went on to let down the woman who loved him deeply. Then, in one drunken, reckless moment, he mistakenly took her for his ex? After deciding to leave her world, he unexpectedly meets a direct female superior who gets under his skin like no one ever has before... This is the story of a scumbag’s romantic entanglements... and a journey of growth as he learns to face his own heart. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 I Took Over a Female Tenant’s Body, and Le Dawan Is My Wife 魂穿女房客，乐大腕是我老婆 [No Harem] + [No System] + [Urban Romance] + [My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant] + [Business] “To the world, you’re a nuisance. To me, you are the whole world, Le Yao.” I’m one of the many fans of My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant. I reread it and finished it over the past few days. The original was so wonderfully written, and so heartbreaking. For a while, I couldn’t move on. I felt like I had to write something to put my world back in order. They had once floated together on a sea without starlight, lik 2.8kReads8.1Score21214d adds
- 37 My 26-Year-Old Female Roommate: A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings 我的26岁女房客：蝴蝶振翅 In the original story, Le Yao is the character who leaves readers with the deepest regret, because Zhao Yang never truly saw her. She was pregnant with his child, but had no way to prove it, and so lost her only chance to be seen. The original Zhao Yang wasn't really a scumbag, either. He simply hadn't found his sense of responsibility. Later, Mi Cai gave him the motivation to change, but that motivation came from outside, because he was always chasing after her. To Zhao Yang, Mi Cai was like th 577Reads—Score13214d adds
- 38 From Bar Singer to Godfather of Music! 从酒吧驻唱，我成了音乐教父！ [Heartbreaking + Comeback + Super Sweet + Entertainment Industry + Rich Beauty + Face-Slapping] A beautiful CEO who returned from overseas and a famous singer fall for me, a bar singer in Lanzhou? I write a legend with my music, creating music with “roots,” and eventually become the ultimate godfather of the music scene. See how I make my comeback, all in "From Bar Singer to Godfather of Music!" 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Yang and Caimei's Married Life 阳哥彩妹婚后日常 Stay true to your original intentions, and you’ll see things through. Ten years later, I’m bringing everyone back to see these people again and hear what happened to them. To make up for all the regrets in this book, the married life of Yang Ge and Cai Mei is finally here. 291Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 40 You Asked for a Love Story, but I Wrote the Female Tenant 让你写爱情，你写女房客 [A note from the author: I’m a fan of My 26-Year-Old Female Roommate. I’ll introduce you to a different Zhaoyang and a different story in a new way.] Zhaoyang wakes up to find he has transmigrated to a parallel world and is competing in a novel-writing contest. The theme this time is love. Zhaoyang decides to write his own love story all over again: Jian Wei, entangled with him for half a lifetime before they finally part as strangers; Mi Cai, whose dance binds two hearts for life; Le Yao, you a 53Reads—Score314d adds
- 41 My Beloved Girl from Changsha 我心爱的长沙姑娘 People feel happiest when they're drawing close to happiness, yet when they get close, they start worrying about losing it... So, what is love? Perhaps love is like a prism, refracting different colors from different angles. It can be the anchor of a life, or a lesson in growing up. Maybe what matters isn't how we define it, but how, through our collisions with another soul, we come to understand ourselves and the world. (This is not a wish-fulfillment story. If you find it heartbreaking, please 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Zhaoyang and Leyao 昭阳与乐瑶 The story of Zhaoyang and Leyao slowly unfolds. It’s a bombshell from the start, and she doesn’t terminate the pregnancy. With such a different opening, what kind of sparks will fly between Zhaoyang and the women in his life? Find out in Zhaoyang and Leyao. 190Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 43 My Shanghai Girl: My 26-Year-Old Tenant 我的26岁女房客之我的上海姑娘 The rich and beautiful daughter of a Shanghai family is my childhood sweetheart. We grew up together in the same longtang. Her name is Jian Wei. When she was sixteen, I told her, “I’m not just a guy with a sister complex. I really do love you…” 174Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Everyday Life in Dai Jia Lane 戴家巷的人间烟火 2018, Chongqing, Daijia Lane. When the fog rolled in from the Jialing River, nine wounded people came into the same alley from different directions. An orphaned writer is afraid to let anyone know who he is. A bar owner uses passion to fight back against the world's disappointments. A gang leader has turned his conscience into guilt. A girl from the mountains fleeing an arranged marriage hides her calluses in her palm. Two lovers who eloped are so poor they have nothing but each other. A 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 My 26-Year-Old Landlady: Fang Yuan Reborn 我的26岁女房客之重生方圆 After getting a second chance at life, will Fang Yuan still end up disgraced and dead? Will he still be a man of contradictions? Can he manage his family relationships? No one knows what will happen. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 I Was Putty in the Hands of a Stunning, Seven-Years-Older Tour Guide in Black Stockings 我被大七岁极品黑丝女导游拿捏了 (I ended this book early because it wasn't very popular, and I felt the writing wasn't very good and was too idealistic and unrealistic. I'm getting ready to write a new book. Please consider supporting it, thank you!) After Lu Yuan developed tuberculous pleurisy, the school worried it might be contagious and didn't let him take part in the senior-year internship it had arranged. He stayed at home for over half a year, barely going out at all. Finally, encouraged by his family, Lu Yuan decided t 6Reads—Score314d adds
- 47 The Landlady: My 28-Year-Old Miss Weiwei Jian 女房客：我的二十八岁薇薇简小姐 My new work is out! You can read it on Fanqie Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 48 My 26-Year-Old Landlady: A Brilliant Romance 我的26岁女房客之昭彩斑斓 So sweet it'll make your head explode!!! Fans of Jian Wei and Le Yao, proceed with caution!!!! Making up for some of the characters' regrets in the original story. In the end, I hope Mi Cai can live happily forever!… 27Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 49 Final Chapter: Protecting the One I Love 棍式终章：守护心爱之人 [First-person POV + multiple heroines + modern urban setting + realism + healing + pure love + not a power fantasy + no System + not reborn] The rain in Hangzhou is always bone-chillingly cold. Shen Yi abandoned me at the East Railway Station. I watched her drive away in a Porsche. My senior brother died in a car accident, and the martial arts school was on the verge of collapse. I spent my days drinking and smoking in a rundown shack. I thought my life would be like an unvisited grave in this c 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 50 The 20th Book by Xiaosheng Ai Wei Yu 小生爱喂鱼第20本书 After finishing The Landlord, I was left with so many regrets. This book will make up for them: the regrets between Zhaoyang and Leyao, between Zhaoyang and Jian Wei, between Zhaoyang and Li Xiaoyun, and between Luoben and Ye Beini. 114Reads6.4Score—14d adds
